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1 Samuel 22:1-23 open_in_new
David in the Cave of Adullam. Saul's Slaughter of the Priests at Nob
1. Adullam] probably in the valley of Elah between Philistia and Hebron.
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1 Samuel 22:2 open_in_new
Four hundred] They soon increased to six hundred (1 Samuel 23:13). Cp. the description given of Jephthah's band in Judges 11:3.
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1 Samuel 22:5 open_in_new
Gad] is here mentioned for the first time. After David's accession he became the king's seer (2 Samuel 24:11). He was sent to rebuke David for his sin in numbering the people, and after his death wrote a history of his reign (1 Chronicles 29:29). From 2 Chronicles 29:25 he appears to have been concerned in arranging the temple service. Forest of Hareth] not known.
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1 Samuel 22:6 open_in_new
In Ramah] RM 'on the height.'
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1 Samuel 22:14 open_in_new
Goeth at thy bidding] RV 'is taken into thy council.'
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1 Samuel 22:15 open_in_new
Did I then begin?] RV'Have I today begun?' Ahimelech had been accustomed to place his services at David's disposal.
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1 Samuel 22:17 open_in_new
Footmen] Heb. 'runners'; they ran before the king's chariot (1 Samuel 8:11) and sometimes carried news from one place to another. On occasion they acted as executioners, but this was not their special office.
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1 Samuel 22:19 open_in_new
Saul probably wished to make an example which would deter others from rendering David any assistance.
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1 Samuel 22:20 open_in_new
Abiathar shared in all David's wanderings and was made by him joint priest with Zadok. But he shared in Adonijah's rising and was deposed by Solomon.